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Kazakhstan increases gold production

Business Materials 18 May 2016 15:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 18

By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:

Kazakhstan has produced nearly 21.51 tons of unwrought, semi-manufactured and powder gold in January-April 2016, or 19.8 percent more than in the same period in 2015, said the Statistics Committee of the country's National Economy Ministry.

This is while the fine gold production has decreased by 3.1 percent and stood at 9.83 tons during the reporting period.

The production of unwrought, semi-manufactured and powder silver in Kazakhstan has dropped by 8.1 percent and totalled 397.21 tons during the reporting period.

The fine silver production has also decreased by 8.1 percent and stood at 396.46 tons.

Kazakhstan produced 63.72 tons of unwrought, semi-manufactured and powder gold in 2015, or 26.6 percent more than in 2014.

The production of unwrought, semi-manufactured and powder silver in Kazakhstan stood at 1,305 tons in 2015, or 32 percent more than in 2014.

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